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Web-only Exclusives November 30, 2000 From Our Correspondent: Hirohito and the War A conversation with biographer Herbert Bix From Our Correspondent: A Rough Road Ahead Bad news for the Philippines - and some others From Our Correspondent: Making Enemies Indonesia needs friends. So why is it picking fights? |
The Week of December 27, 1996 - January 3, 1997
| C O V E R S T O R Y | |
| Essay | Burying the ghosts of the past - how Asian nations dealt with old wounds in their own different ways |
| Lee Teng-hui | Triumphs and setbacks |
| Chun Doo Hwan and Roh Tae Woo | Historic convictions |
| Megawati Sukarnoputri | From homemaker to heroine |
| Nur Misuari | A reformed man of peace |
| Ieng Sary | Sanitizing evil |
| Fame | The unknowns who made a difference |
| F E A T U R E S | |
| To Our Readers | An end-of-year message from the staff |
| Passage | Those no longer with us |
| Movies | Asia's best screen offerings of 1996 |
| People | The bold and the beautiful |
| Books | The best to read - and re-read |
| Awards | Dubious distinctions |
| Products | Gizmos that may change your life - or not |
| Business | After years of growth, Asia's fast-track economies suddenly contend with their own vulnerability |
| Money | How a $100,000 investment performed |
| Experts | What they predicted - and what actually happened |
| Websites | Where to find the latest stock quotes |
| Newsmakers | Bangladesh's Hasina signs a historic accord with India |
| Passage | Cao Yu, founder of modern Chinese drama, dies |
| E D I T O R I A L | |
| 1996 | Asian voters show there are many paths to democracy |
| T H E N A T I O N S | |
| Philippines | Why some Filipinos want the president to be given at least a two-year extension |
| Interview | Ramos talks about his future |
| Thailand | Chavalit faces a grueling parliamentary grilling |
| Singapore | The ruling PAP is certain to win the next election. But the question is by how much |
| Indonesia | Taking dissidents to court |
| Trade | The Rafidah-Barshevsky show dominates |
| L E T T E R S & C O M M E N T | |
| Letters & Comment | Reforming the NGOs |
| N E W S M A P | |
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| Cover Photo Illustration by Mitchell Confer | |
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